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Mahtob Mahmoody
Mahtob Mahmoody (born 1979), American author and daughter of Betty Mahmoody; held in Iran 1984-1986 with her mother, subject of Not Without My Daughter, author of My Name is Mahtob (2015).
Mahtra War
The Mahtra War (Estonian: Mahtra sõda) was an 1858 peasant uprising at Mahtra manor in northern Estonia, where 700 to 800 peasants drove off soldiers sent to enforce corvée labor.
Mahu Tight Oil Field
The Mahu Tight Oil Field is a giant tight conglomerate oil field in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China, with reported in-place reserves of 1.24 billion tons.
Mahua Maji
Mahua Maji is an Indian politician of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha who has represented Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha since 2022 and holds a PhD in sociology.
Mahua Moitra (মহুয়া মৈত্র)
Mahua Moitra (মহুয়া মৈত্র), Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar, West Bengal; former JPMorgan Chase vice president; known for her 'seven signs of fascism' maiden speech; expelled from the Lok Sabha in December 2023 in a cash-for-query case, re-elected in 2024.
Mahuang Tang
麻黄汤 (Mahuang Tang, Ephedra Decoction) is a classical Chinese formula from the Shanghan Lun of ephedra, cinnamon twig, apricot kernel, and licorice for wind-cold exterior-excess patterns with fever, absence of sweating, and wheezing.
Mahuea Tholus
Mahuea Tholus, a Venusian volcano (tholus) at 37.5S 164.7E named for a Maori fire goddess, with unusually viscous ridged flows and possible silicic lavas, mapped by Magellan.
Mahur, Maharashtra
Mahur (Mahurgad, माहूर), a pilgrimage town in Kinwat taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, at about 755 m elevation; home of the Renuka Devi Temple, a Shakti Peetha, and revered as Dattatreya's birthplace; population 11,164 (2011).
Mahyad Tousi (مهیاد طوسی)
Mahyad Tousi (مهیاد طوسی), born 1973 in Portland, Oregon, is an Iranian-American filmmaker and artist, REMOTE co-creator with Mika Rottenberg, United States of Al executive producer, and Starfish founder. Distinct from British YouTuber Mahyar Tousi of Tousi TV.
Mahzarin R. Banaji
Mahzarin R. Banaji is an experimental social psychologist, Harvard professor since 2002, who with Anthony Greenwald defined implicit social cognition and developed the Implicit Association Test.
Mai
Mai (मई) is a 2013 Hindi family drama directed by Mahesh Kodiyal, marking singer Asha Bhosle's only acting debut at 79 as a mother with Alzheimer's, with Padmini Kolhapure and Ram Kapoor; distinct from the 2022 Netflix series Mai.
Mai (2024 film)
Mai (2024) is a Vietnamese romantic drama directed by Trấn Thành, starring Phương Anh Đào and Tuấn Trần. Released 10 February 2024 for Tết, it grossed 552 billion VND, becoming the highest-grossing Vietnamese film at the time, and streamed on Netflix from May 2024.
Mai An Tiêm
Mai An Tiêm is the hero of a Vietnamese legend of the Hùng Vương era, recorded in the 1492 anthology Lĩnh Nam chích quái, that explains the origin of the watermelon in Vietnam.
Mai Bhago
Mai Bhago (ਮਾਈ ਭਾਗੋ) was a Sikh woman warrior who led forty deserters back to fight for Guru Gobind Singh at the battle of Muktsar in 1705.
Mai Jia
Mai Jia (麦家, real name Jiang Benhu, born 1964) is a Chinese novelist known for the espionage novels Decoded, In the Dark, and The Message.
MAI Journal
MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship is an open access, peer-reviewed journal on Indigenous issues in Aotearoa New Zealand, published by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga since 2012.
Mai Khôi
Mai Khôi (Do Nguyen Mai Khoi), Vietnamese singer-composer and activist, won VTV's 2010 Song and Album of the Year awards, ran for the National Assembly in 2016, was censored and detained, fled to US exile in 2019, and leads Mai Khôi & the Dissidents.
Mai Mai Miracle (マイマイ新子と千年の魔法)
Mai Mai Miracle (マイマイ新子と千年の魔法) is a 2009 Madhouse anime film directed by Sunao Katabuchi, adapted from Nobuko Takagi's autobiographical novel, about a 1950s Yamaguchi girl imagining her town 1,000 years earlier.
Mai Nakamura
Mai Nakamura (中村真衣), born 1979 in Nagaoka, Japan, backstroke swimmer; 2000 Sydney Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (medley relay); two world records; distinct from the artistic swimmer born 1989.
Mai Ndombe (district)
Mai Ndombe district, formerly Lac Léopold II district, a DRC administrative district created 17 July 1895, twice a province (1962–1966, from 2015), renamed Inongo in 1967, split into Plateaux district in 1990.
Mai Ndombe (protected area)
Mai Ndombe (protected area): conservation areas of Mai-Ndombe Province, DRC, including Salonga National Park, Oshwe hunting area, Tumba-Lediima Reserve, and the Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe Ramsar wetland; 15.9% of the province is protected and REDD+ carbon projects finance much of the conservation.
Mai P. Hoang
Mai P. Hoang (Mai Hoang) is an American dermatopathologist, Director of Dermatopathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, known for research on immunohistochemistry in rare skin tumors.
Mai Po Marshes (米埔湿地)
Mai Po Marshes (米埔湿地) are a 380-hectare wetland nature reserve at Inner Deep Bay, Hong Kong, managed by WWF since 1983, Ramsar-listed in 1995, famed for gei wai shrimp ponds, mangroves, and wintering waterbirds including the black-faced spoonbill.
Mai Selim
Mai Selim (مي سليم), born Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim in 1983, is a Jordanian singer and actress who grew up in Egypt and performs Egyptian-dialect Arabic pop.
Mai Shiraishi (白石麻衣)
Mai Shiraishi (白石麻衣, "Maiyan"), born 1992 in Gunma, is a Japanese actress, model, and YouTuber; a first-generation Nogizaka46 member (2011–2020), five-time single center, Japan Record Award winner, and star of the Stolen Identity films.
Mai Shiranui (不知火舞)
Mai Shiranui (不知火舞) is SNK's kunoichi fighter, successor of Shiranui-style ninjutsu, debuting in Fatal Fury 2 (1992), Andy Bogard's girlfriend, a KOF Women Fighters Team mainstay, and a guest in Street Fighter 6.
Mai Tai
Mai Tai: classic tiki rum sour created by Trader Vic in Oakland in 1944 with lime, orange curaçao, orgeat, and aged rum; named from Tahitian maita'i (good), with a rival Donn Beach claim and an IBA standard spec.
Mai Thuc Loan
Mai Thuc Loan (Mai Thúc Loan) was a Vietnamese rebel leader who proclaimed himself emperor Mai Hac De and led the Hoan Chau uprising against Tang rule, dated 722.
Mai Trung Thứ
Mai Trung Thứ (梅忠恕), known by his artist name Mai-Thu, was a Vietnamese painter (1906–1980) who spent most of his career in France, known for portraits of women and children on silk.
Mai Vang
Mai Vang, Sacramento City Council member (District 8, since 2020) and Democratic 2026 challenger to Rep. Doris Matsui in California's 7th Congressional District, endorsed by Justice Democrats and the Working Families Party.